Suspected "Al Qaeda" Gang Arrest

Akomadan (Ash), Jan 13, GNA - The Akomadan police in Ashanti have arrested four members of a gang calling itself "Al-Qeada" at their hideout at Akomadan.

The suspects, Prince Adade, Kofi Opoku and Kofi Boateng, were arrested while they were in the process of smoking a brown parcel of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.

The police retrieved four pairs of scissors, 60 wrappers and a brown parcel containing the dried leaves from them.

A police source that briefed the Ghana News Agency at Akomadan on Tuesday, said the fourth suspect Kwame Owusu also had a brown parcel containing dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp on him.

The source said the suspects are in police custody pending further investigations.